The day Evernote was presented to me in class I was skeptical. Technology was always discouraged in class up to this point. To be told to use it as much as I could was a big change. Reluctantly I began small with clipping articles and related material to topics we discussed in class, especially the articles that were sometimes used at the beginning of class. From there I tried to clip anything that I came across in my research to keep for future reference. It was super useful when I had lots of pages of research for one project, such as the context report. It would have been difficult to navigate all that material without the help of the tags and notebook. Those made it easy to sort through everything and find exactly what I needed to effectively complete whatever task was at hand in a timely fashion.
To organize my personal knowledge base I have created three notebooks. One is a general notebook for anything to go, especially articles that have no exact place to go quite yet. Another is a general writing notebook to keep useful articles to help construct my writing. An example of what would go in there is an article on how to create proper citations. My final notebook is for any research material that I come across. From there I used a variety of tags to separate everything. For example, if the article had something to do with this class I added the tag EDC. Then I would add a more specific tag to whatever the main point of the article was. Some examples of these are Sp. Needs, Charter, and Income. I have about 23 tags in total at the moment, but new ones are sure to be added. I have not discovered any uses for note links as of yet, but I bet I will with continued use of Evernote.
Evernote creates the possibility of a long lasting database that centers on topics I care and want to learn about. This lasting resource will be invaluable down the line. In later years, and with more use, my PKB will serve as a foundation for other classes. Everything connects eventually and Evernote can help me make those connections and make material in classes easier to relate to.
To organize my personal knowledge base I have created three notebooks. One is a general notebook for anything to go, especially articles that have no exact place to go quite yet. Another is a general writing notebook to keep useful articles to help construct my writing. An example of what would go in there is an article on how to create proper citations. My final notebook is for any research material that I come across. From there I used a variety of tags to separate everything. For example, if the article had something to do with this class I added the tag EDC. Then I would add a more specific tag to whatever the main point of the article was. Some examples of these are Sp. Needs, Charter, and Income. I have about 23 tags in total at the moment, but new ones are sure to be added. I have not discovered any uses for note links as of yet, but I bet I will with continued use of Evernote.
Evernote creates the possibility of a long lasting database that centers on topics I care and want to learn about. This lasting resource will be invaluable down the line. In later years, and with more use, my PKB will serve as a foundation for other classes. Everything connects eventually and Evernote can help me make those connections and make material in classes easier to relate to.